Fiske Planetarium with Apollo 11 poster in foreground

CU Boulder celebrates Apollo 11 anniversary, and beyond

July 19, 2019

From 9News: At the Fiske Planetarium in Boulder, there are more than 75 shows this month to celebrate 50 years since the first manned lunar mission. Watch the video.

CU ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ work on telerobotics

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in Focus: How to control lunar robots from space

Jan. 30, 2018

From CU Boulder Today: Humans have already been to the moon—and will likely return—but engineering undergraduates Benjamin Mellinkoff and Matthew Spydell have their eyes set on an even bigger challenge: helping humans explore the entire solar system with the aid of robotic partners. Mellinkoff and Spydell work in a NASA-funded...

Far Side of the Moon LROC

Listening in on the early universe from the far side of the moon

March 27, 2017

From CU Boulder Today: A ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder team has entered into a five-year, $3.5-million cooperative agreement with NASA to become part of a virtual institute to pursue the construction of astronomical observatories on the moon. The research team, led by Professor Jack Burns of the Department of Astrophysical...